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Iraq
Jihadist jailbreak in Iraq foiled, one prisoner killed
2021-11-28
[AlAhram] Iraqi security forces said they rubbed out a convicted jihadist on Saturday as he tried to escape from a prison with two accomplices.

The three prisoners, all members of the Islamic State
...formerly ISIS or ISIL, depending on your preference. Before that they were al-Qaeda in Iraq, as shaped by Abu Musab Zarqawi. They're really very devout, committing every atrocity they can find in the Koran and inventing a few more. They fling Allah around with every other sentence, but to hear western pols talk they're not really Moslems....
group, were serving life sentences at the Taji penitentiary north of Baghdad, the security services said in a statement.

They were spotted as they tried to break out of jail by climbing over an external wall, the statement said.

Guards opened fire "when they refused to heed warnings", it said, adding one prisoner was killed while the two others "surrendered".

"The three bully boyz had been sentenced to life in jail," the statement said without identifying them.

After the demise of IS in Iraq, courts in the country have sentenced hundreds to death for crimes perpetrated by the jihadists.

Only a small proportion of the sentences have been carried out, as they must be approved by the president.

Barham Saleh, who has held the post since 2018, is known to be against capital punishment.
Rudaw adds:
Iraq’s prisons hold thousands of people on terror offenses, most affiliated with Islamic State
...formerly ISIS or ISIL, depending on your preference. Before that they were al-Qaeda in Iraq, as shaped by Abu Musab Zarqawi. They're really very devout, committing every atrocity they can find in the Koran and inventing a few more. They fling Allah around with every other sentence, but to hear western pols talk they're not really Moslems....
(ISIS) and al-Qaeda. The Iraqi government has repeatedly refused to reveal the exact number of ISIS members and terror offenders held in its prisons, what proportion are women and minors, or the nature of the charges against them.

There have been multiple prison breaks by terror convicts across Iraq and the Kurdistan Region. In August 2019, ISIS murderous Moslems were among 15 prisoners who broke out of Rusafa prison in Baghdad. In December 2018, 21 prisoners, including ISIS members, reportedly beat feet from a detention facility in Sulaimani. In May 2018, seven inmates died and several more were maimed in a fire following an attempted prison break in Duhok.

In May 2020, ISIS vowed to break out its members placed in durance vile
Keep yer hands where we can see 'em, if yez please!
in Iraq.
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